MICHELL’S HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 
Scabiosa Caucasica 
SCABIOSA 
The hardy variety is even more wonderful and of greater 
beauty than the annual sort, commonly called Mourning Bride. 
The flowers are gigantic, measuring frequently 3 inches and more 
in diameter. It delights in a sunny position, and is a cut flower 
few perennials can equal. It lasts a long while in water; the 
average height is about 2 34 feet. Very free flowering. 
Caucasica. A delicate shade of lavender blue, starting in flower 
in June and lasting well through the Summer. 
Caucasica Alba. White. Like the above, except the color. 
Caucasica, Giant Blue ( Isaac House Strain). A splendid 
improvement in the Caucasica type; flowers larger and with 
longer stems; colors range from light lavender to dark blue; 
- excellent for cutting. 
Columbaria Anthemifolia. A low growing variety, with flowers 
measuring 2 to 234 inches across; color a delightful shade of 
pink; splendid for cutting. 
3 for $1.00 (by P. P., $1.10); $3.00 per doz.; per 100, $18.00. 
SEDUM (Stonecrop) 
DWARF VARIETIES 
Suitable for the rockery and covering of graves, etc. 
Acre ( Golden Moss). Much used for covering graves; has green 
foliage and bright yellow flowers. 
Album. Dark green foliage with pure white flowers in June. 
Anglicum. A coral rosette of gray green; delicate pink flowers. 
Ibericum. Numerous deep rose flowers among dark green foliage. 
Lydium Glaucum. Glaucous green foliage, pink flowers. 
Nevii. Compact rosettes of silver gray, close-set into a mosaic, 
pink flowers in Mid-summer. 
Oppositifolium. Pinkish white flowers. 
Sieboldi. Round succulent glaucous foliage with bright pink 
flowers during August and September. 
Stahli. A compact growing variety with crimson tinted foliage 
in Autumn. 
ERECT GROWING VARIETIES 
Useful and pretty plants for the border, producing their 
interesting flowers during the late Summer and Fall. 
Spectabile. A pretty erect growing variety with broad, light 
green foliage and immense heads of showy rose colored flowers 
during the Autumn; 18 inches. 
—“Brilliant.” A rich colored form of the above, being a bright 
amaranth red. 
Prices of any of the above Sedums, 4 for $1.00 (by P. P., 
$1.10); $2.50 per doz.; per 100, $15.00. 
SEMPERVIVUM (House Leek) 
Most attractive, hardy succulent plants for the rock garden 
and rock wall; their rosette-like thick leaves are fleshy and 
pointed. The small clumps spread slowly, filling pockets and crev¬ 
ices between the rocks. 
Arachnoideum. Rosettes cobwebbed; flowers pale purple. 
Fimbriatum. Medium rosettes, tipped red. 
Globiferum. Flattened rosettes, two to tjiree inches in diameter, 
of gray-green leaves, lightly tipped brown, pale yellow flowers. 
Sobiliferum. Flat compact growth with incurving petals turning 
to red and brown in the Autumn. 
Tectorum. Broad rosettes, the leaves having reddish-brown tips, 
flowers deep pink. This is the House Leek of our grandmother’s 
garden. 
4 for $1.00 (by P. P., $1.10); $2.50 per doz.; per 100, $15.00. 
SENECIO (Groundsel) 
Pulcher. Forms a neat tuft of foliage from which springs up, 
from July to October, a succession of 2-foot-high stems, with 
clusters of brilliant, rosy purple flowers, of good size. 3 for 
$1.00 (by P. P., $1.10); $2.50 per doz.; per 100, $15.00. 
SIDALCEA 
Mr. Lindberg (New). Flowers are a deep ruby-red; 2 feet; 
June and July. 3 for $1.00 (by P. P., $1.10); $3.00 per doz. 
Rose Queen. Bright rose-colored, mallow-like flowers during 
June and July. 4 for $1.00 (by P. P., $1.10); $2.50 per doz.; 
per 100, $15.00. 
SOLIDAGO (Golden Rod) 
Golden Wings. The finest of the Golden Rods; very showy; 5 
feet high, with immense panicles of bright golden-yellow flowers 
from July to September. 4 for $1.00 (by P. P., $1.10); $2.50 
per doz.; per 100, $15.00. 
SPIRAEA (Goat’s Beard, Meadow Sweet) 
Elegant border plants with feathery plumes of flowers and 
neat, attractive foliage; succeed best in a half-shaded location in 
rich, moist soil. 
Filipendula ( Dropwort ). Numerous corymbs of white flowers on 
stems 15 inches high, during June and July; pretty fern-like 
foliage. 
Palmata ( Crimson Meadow Sweet). One of the most beautiful 
hardy plants; the deep purple red of the stems and branches 
passing into the crimson purple of the broad corymbs of flowers, 
which are produced very freely during June and July. 3 feet. 
Ulmaria FI. PI. ( Meadow Sweet). Double white flowers during 
July and August; 3 feet. 
3 for $1.00 (by P. P., $1.10); $3.00 per doz.; per 100, $20.00. 
STACHYS (Woundwort) 
Grandiflora Rosea. Large flowers of purple-rose; June and 
July; 15 inches. 4 for $1.00 (by P. P., $1.10); $2.50 per doz. 
STATICE (Sea Lavender) 
Latifolia ( Great Sea Lavender). Handsome plants with heads of 
dark blue flowers; invaluable for cutting, the flowers when 
dried, lasting for months. 1 to 2 feet. 4 for $1.00 (by P. P., 
$1.10); $2.50 per doz.; per 100, $15.00. 
Sedum Spectabile, Brilliant 
The Old-Fashioned Sweet Williams are a charming addition to the Spring garden 
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